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STRAP FASTENER.

No. 804,840. Patented-Sept, 9. 1884.

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STRAP FASTENER. 'No. 304,840. Patnfced Sept. 9, 1884.

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UNIT D STATES PATENT Orrrcno JOHN MOIVER, OF NE'VVPORT, VT., ASSIGNOR TOHIMSELF, FRANCIS O. BATES, OF SAME PLACE, AND JOSEPH O. TODD, OFIATERSON, NE\V JERSEY.

STRAP-FASTENER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,840, datedSeptember 9, 1884. Application filed June 23, 1884. No model.)

To (tZZ'u/hmn it may concern' Be it known that I, JOHN MOIVER, a subjectof the Queen of Great Britain, residing in i the town of Newport, countyof Orleans, and

State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStrap-Fasteners,

fully described and represented in the following specification and theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

threaded,and with a metallic loop adjacent to the slots, and under whichthe strap is passed to lock the whole firmly in place.

' It also consists in the combination therewith of a strap and of astrap and snap-hook, by which it is fully adapted for use as a tiestrapfor horses.

' The construction will be understood by reference to the drawings, inwhich Figure l is a side view of the snaphook, fastener, and strap, withthe fastener proper shown in sec tion. Fig. 2 is a front view of thesame parts except the strap. Fig. 3 is an end view of the plate andguard-loop. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the fastener combined tothe buckle.

F is asnap-hook,having its shank formed as a fiat plate, G, at theextreme end of which is a loop, D, arched across the plate at a suffi- 0cient distance to allow the insertion of aleather strap, E, beneath it.Three slots, A B C, are formed across the plate, the one lettered O,nearest the loop D, being adapted to receive the end of the strap, andto be secured in said slot by the body of the strap passed under theloop. The strap is inserted through the slots 0, B, and A in the ordernamed, the end of the strap being first fitted into the slot 0 from theside next the loop, and the body of the strap is then passed through theloop D and drawn tightly down over the end part of the strap,which isinserted into the slots 0 and B, and thus locking the end firmlytherein. The loop D forms a throat, D, from which the 5 strap emerges inthe direction of the plate itself, and the hook F is thus attached tothe end of the strap in the proper position for use. The buckle shown atF in Fig. 4 is joined to the plate G by extending its sides beyond theThis invention consists in a plate providedwith three slots, throughwhich the strap is cross-bars b, and casting the buckle and plate all inone piece.

This fastening may thus be used to secure buckles, loops, or any otherpart of a harness to the end or' middle of a strap with great facility,and as it does not require any cutting, punching, or other preparationin the strap, it affords a great facility for repairing any breaks thatmay occur in the straps at a time when tools and mechanics are notaccessible.

I am aware that strap-fasteners have been made with cross-bars ofdifferent kinds; but, having fully set forth the nature of myinvention,it will be readily distinguished from others in which thestrap is secured by different means. Thus in United States Patent N 0.96,16&, of 1869, a construction is shown combined with a snap-hook foran analogous purpose, but is not provided with a guard-loop,

D, to prevent the withdrawal of the end of the strap from the slot inwhich it is inserted.

It will be noticed thatthe snap-hook shown in the drawings is not anecessary adjunct of the invention, as a buckle or tug-loop might besubstituted therefor and secured to a leather strap by my fastener inthe manner described.

It will, however, be noticed, that my inven- 'tion is not restricted tohalter-clasps, nor to the fastening of horses by means of a strap, butis adapted as well for fastening a strap to any article of harness. Sucharticle as a buckle would then require to be cast with the plate G,having the slots A B O and guard D arranged as described.

My invention differs from others inhaving the three slots formed in asimple fiat plate, whereby the construction is greatly simplified andthe strap held more firmly by the abrupt bends formed therein by itspassage through the slots. I therefore disclaim the said Pat ent N0.96,16I, or any other construction not containing the flat plate G,having the slots A B O and guard D, all arranged as described; and,having thus distinguished my invention from others,

I claim my invention as follows:

1. The combination in one piece, with a snap-hook, buckle, or othermetallic harness attachment, of the strapfastener consisting of the Hatplate G, provided with the contiguous slots A B O, and the guard-100p1), ad-

jacent to the slot 0, and adapted to retain a strap when appliedthereto, substantially as 5 shown and described.

2. The e01nbinati0n,with the strap-fastener formed of the flat plate G,having the slots A, B, and O, and the guard D,arranged as de scribed,01" the strap E, having its end insert- 10 ed in the slot next to theguard and threaded through the slots A. and 13 and uudertheguard]),substantia1ly as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof -I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing; Witnesses.

JOHN MOIVER.

YVitu esses:

CHARLES C. DAVIS, RO\VLAND D. Lnwls.

